Yeah and that's BS. We took out our on Sat. It's crossed the Mid west where populations are not an issue. That's BS.They said they are not shooting it down because it would result in falling debris.
Yeah and that's BS. We took out our on Sat. It's crossed the Mid west where populations are not an issue. That's BS.They said they are not shooting it down because it would result in falling debris.
They have long been considered a serious threat, not just for spying, but potentially as a delivery vehicle for chemical/biological/radioactive payloads. This could well be a test run by China to see how we react.We could probably burn out any sensors on it with a laser if we wanted to. China has spy satellites that can see just about anything they want to, so I think this a propaganda tool rather than anything with a significant strategic ability.
At one point I would have been willing to give the military / national security the benefit of the doubt, but not right now. Not with the way the southern border is wide open; not with the way the Afghanistan withdrawal was handled; not with the way the Ukraine / Russia was is being handled; not with all the info on the Hunter Biden laptop that has so many connections to China, Russia, and Ukraine.
I have an extremely hard time trusting any of em (Rs and Ds) and anything that comes out of DC. They are basically a big uniparty and they are all getting richer and richer and more and more powerful and looking to take more and more from the middle class.
YepIt would be the most efficient way to launch an EMP.
LOL Factcheck.org. Man libs LOVE that liberal-run partisan "fact-checker". Most "fact-checkers" are utter BS.Sometime soon, you should read about how the US exited that country. You will need to go back a few years since the withdrawal spanned 2 presidents.
What a disasterous war to have both started and ended.
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Timeline of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan - FactCheck.org
We lay out many of the key diplomatic decisions, military actions, presidential pronouncements and expert assessments of the withdrawal agreement that ended the U.S. military's 20-year war in Afghanistan.www.factcheck.org
Ok, KarenIt’s relevant bc SOME of us are patriotic Americans.
Have it on good authority that the balloon is carrying a payload of about 3-5 tons of very fine dusty Fentanyl powder which could cover several states once released into the upper wind currents. Guess they can't get it across the open southern border fast enough so, heck......bring it in the balloons cause Biden is weak and his whole family is in tight with the PRC's CCP. Let's Go Biden!!Yeah and that's BS. We took out our on Sat. It's crossed the Mid west where populations are not an issue. That's BS.
President John F Kennedy blockaded Cuba when they began to install Nuclear missiles from Nikita Khrushchev of Russia. Nothing fired or threatened to be fired. Just the proximity of the missiles caused the Bay of Pigs. Russia backed down when they saw Kennedy was serious and removed the missiles from Cuba. The war in Ukraine plus this balloon debacle NEVER would have happened under a Trump presidency. Thanks Joe!......and Hunter for compromising us to the Kings in the East.Real question... how many times has the US military actually “shot something down” over US airspace?
Amazing how some hafta resort to "Factcheck" Leftist BS to justify an impeachable offense that Left behind dead Marines in its path and $85B in war toys to terrorists.Sometime soon, you should read about how the US exited that country. You will need to go back a few years since the withdrawal spanned 2 presidents.
What a disasterous war to have both started and ended.
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Timeline of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan - FactCheck.org
We lay out many of the key diplomatic decisions, military actions, presidential pronouncements and expert assessments of the withdrawal agreement that ended the U.S. military's 20-year war in Afghanistan.www.factcheck.org
Both are. Satan's been hanging out in his Moscow Penthouse Suite since 1917.Russia isnt our enemy, China is…..
I have my 30-06 locked and loaded. Surely it can it up to 100,000 feet*****I dare them to fly it over Mississippi. It will never make it out across the state line.
Well we know a 270 will because it said so on SPS **I have my 30-06 locked and loaded. Surely it can it up to 100,000 feet*****
Look who's on china's payroll and there's your answer. Plenty of politicians and military officials with fat accounts with China's national bank. This administration has been bought and sold and China has the receiptsPolitical post. People on both sides are saying we should have already taken it down. The question is why have we not!
Are y’all aware of today’s satellite capabilities? A weather balloon just isn’t a big deal. Harmless.and we won't shoot it down? We are so weak.
From the pictures I’ve seen of it, that’s not a weather balloon. It’s not a “spy” balloon either like you pointed out, that’s what satellites are for.Are y’all aware of today’s satellite capabilities? A weather balloon just isn’t a big deal. Harmless.
Why would China activate an EMP bomb over America? Or is this like a test run?Read the book "One Second After" to get a feel for the damage an EMP blast would cause. The balloon is not for spying.
An EMP would cripple the country by destroying electronics and the power grid without destroying anything like a nuclear blast would. You’re talking mass chaos and civil unrest.Why would China activate an EMP bomb over America? Or is this like a test run?
I really don't think they will. Most of their money comes from us, so they don't have much incentive to cripple our economy.Why would China activate an EMP bomb over America? Or is this like a test run?
It's heading to GA where the Air Force Reserve Command is located. It's a spy balloon.It's over Alabama now. I'm sort of interested in seeing what the purpose of a spy balloon is. China has satellites and spies all over this country and around the world. What's a spy balloon going to reveal that other espionage activities aren't? Is China our enemy? Chi comms act in what they perceive to be their own best interests, don't expect them to spend 20 years and trillions in Afghanistan, and so do we. Countries have different interests. It's just that we have powerful interest groups lobbying our government to do what they want and claim it's in America's best interests to do so.
China would cripple themselves in the process.An EMP would cripple the country by destroying electronics and the power grid without destroying anything like a nuclear blast would. You’re talking mass chaos and civil unrest.
What you bunch of panty waists don't have your own 75mm pack howitzer?!!Well we know a 270 will because it said so on SPS **
Exactly. It’d be a suicide mission for them. Countries test boundaries and limits all the time. Nothing to see here imo.I really don't think they will. Most of their money comes from us, so they don't have much incentive to cripple our economy.
I think it is more to send a message. If China ever decides to annex Singapore, they may want us to fear they can deliver a warhead to the US in this manner.
They want to find out our secrets of how AF Reserve personnel get to work late, take a two-hour lunch and leave early.It's heading to GA where the Air Force Reserve Command is located. It's a spy balloon.